Wife of William Morris.
Some family trees say Mary Elizabeth Dabney though the first name appears doubtful as she had a sister Mary born 1740.
Thought by some descendants buried at Aldingham Plantation where she was born and where her parents and several siblings were buried.
She was a great-granddaughter of Cornelius Dabney, the Indian interpreter.
She was a descendant of Augustine Warner of Virginia through whom she was a 4th cousin of Robert Hodgson Jr. (1773-1844), third-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022).
(from book compiled by Helen Yates, "Family Graveyards in Hanover County, Virginia" (1995).
Fontaine Cemetery at Beaver Dam
Inscription: Elizabeth Morris, w/o William & mother of Anne Fontaine. Died 29 Jul 1818 In her 76th yr
They were living with her daughter Anne Fontaine when she died.
(from the bible of Richard & Mary Watts Morris:
BIRTHS of Children of William and Elizabeth Dabney Morris (3 on Christmas day)
Catherine Morris -23 May 1764
Anne Morris - 14 April 1766
Sylvanus Morris - 16 June 1769
William Morris - 25 December 1771
Susannah Dabney Morris - 25 December 1773
John Morris - 8 May 1776
Charles Morris - 25 December 1778
Mary Morris - (1781-1781)
Richard Morris - 19 May 1784
Wife of William Morris.
Some family trees say Mary Elizabeth Dabney though the first name appears doubtful as she had a sister Mary born 1740.
Thought by some descendants buried at Aldingham Plantation where she was born and where her parents and several siblings were buried.
She was a great-granddaughter of Cornelius Dabney, the Indian interpreter.
She was a descendant of Augustine Warner of Virginia through whom she was a 4th cousin of Robert Hodgson Jr. (1773-1844), third-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022).
(from book compiled by Helen Yates, "Family Graveyards in Hanover County, Virginia" (1995).
Fontaine Cemetery at Beaver Dam
Inscription: Elizabeth Morris, w/o William & mother of Anne Fontaine. Died 29 Jul 1818 In her 76th yr
They were living with her daughter Anne Fontaine when she died.
(from the bible of Richard & Mary Watts Morris:
BIRTHS of Children of William and Elizabeth Dabney Morris (3 on Christmas day)
Catherine Morris -23 May 1764
Anne Morris - 14 April 1766
Sylvanus Morris - 16 June 1769
William Morris - 25 December 1771
Susannah Dabney Morris - 25 December 1773
John Morris - 8 May 1776
Charles Morris - 25 December 1778
Mary Morris - (1781-1781)
Richard Morris - 19 May 1784
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